Jack Lewis (musician)

Jack Lewis
Jack Lewis in Brooklyn, New York City, 2004
Background information
Also known as	Laissezfaire Lewis, Jack Lewis and the Cutoffs
Born	October 1980 New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Lo-Fi-DIY-Indie-Pop-Core, Beat Poetry
Occupation(s)	Musician, visual artist
Instruments	Vocals, bass
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Smoking Gun Rough Trade OliveJuiceMusic.com
Associated acts	Jeffrey Lewis Herman Düne Kimya Dawson The Wave Pictures The Fishermen Three

Jack Lewis (born October 1980 in New York City, New York) is an American musician, beat poet and artist. He was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He is the younger brother of Jeffrey Lewis, whom he often performs and records with. Jack Lewis is now based in Portland, Oregon.

Lewis is a 1998 graduate of LaGuardia High School, where he focused on the visual arts. He went on to graduate from Bard College with a degree in visual arts in June, 2002. Jack previously worked in Museum and Movie ticket sales.

Lewis self-released L'vov's Lament under the name "Lesser Lewis" in 2002. It contains a collection of songs recorded with over two years. It features Jackson Barry Stole My Trumpet (Jordan Rathkopf and Raphi Gottesmen), Guitar Situations (w/ Dave Miko and Nellie Bridge) and Andre Herman Dune.

He has written and performed on songs for Jeffrey Lewis's albums The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane in 2001, It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through in 2003, and 'Em Are I (2008).

Lewis released L'vov Reads His Notes in 2005 (featuring Herman Dune and Tyler Drosdeck) and L'vov Goes To Emandee with My UNICEF Box in 2007 under the name: Jack Lewis and the Cutoffs. In 2007, he did a Take-Away Show.

In 2009 he was featured in the Take-Away Shows from the Midi Festival from the Summer of 2009, including his cover version of the Michael Jackson song "They Don't Care About Us".

He has contributed to recordings by Herman Düne.